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Historical Events
Events 1 - 83 of 83
1492-12-05 - Columbus discovers Hispaniola (El Espanola/Haiti)
1772-06-06 - Haitian explorer Jean Baptiste-Pointe Dusable settles Chicago
1790-10-23 - Slaves revolt in Haiti (later suppressed)
1791-08-22 - Haitian Slave Revolution begins under voodoo priest Boukman
1793-08-29 - Slaves in French colony of St Domingue (Haiti) freed
1793-09-20 - British troops under Major-general Williamson lands on (French) Haiti
1794-05-06 - Haiti, under Toussaint L'Ouverture, revolts against France
1801-07-07 - Toussaint L'Ouverture declares Haitian independence
1802-06-15 - Toussaint L'Ouverture leaves Haiti, prisoner on French ship Héros
1802-08-07 - Napoleon orders re-instatement of slavery on St Domingue (Haiti)
1803-11-18 - Battle of Vertieres, in which Haitians defeat French
1803-11-29 - Dessalines & Christophe declare St Domingue (Haiti) independent
1804-01-01 - Haiti gains independence from France (National Day)
1804-03-29 - Thousands of Whites massacred in Haiti
1806-10-17 - Former leader of the Haitian Revolution, Emperor Jacques I of Haiti was assassinated after an oppressive rule.
1822-02-09 - Haiti invades the newly founded Dominican Republic.
1844-02-27 - Dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti (National Day)
1869-04-16 - Ebenezer Bassett, 1st US Negro diplomat, begins service in Haiti
1874-11-03 - James Theodore Holly, elected bishop of Haiti
1877-09-27 - John Mercer Langston named minister of Haiti
1885-05-07 - John E W Thompson, named minister to Haiti
Abolitionist Frederick Douglass
1889-07-01 - Frederick Douglass named Minister to Haiti
1891-09-03 - John Stephens Durham, named minister to Haiti
1897-06-17 - William Frank Powell, NJ educator, named minister to Haiti
1905-11-23 - Henry Watson Furness, an Indiana physican, named minister of Haiti
1908-12-04 - Haiti's president-General Alexis Nord flees from military coup
1911-08-02 - Haiti's dictator Simon flees on US warship near Jamaica
1911-08-14 - General Leconte appointed temporary pres of Haiti
1914-02-08 - General Zamon becomes president of Haiti
1915-01-27 - US Marines occupy Haiti
1915-07-03 - US military forces occupy Haiti, remain until 1934
1915-07-28 - US forces invade Haiti, stays until 1924
1915-09-16 - US takes control of customs & finances of Haiti for 10 years
1928-09-09 - Silvio Cator of Haiti, sets then long jump record at 26' ½"
1934-08-06 - US troops leave Haiti, which had been occupied since 1915
1934-08-16 - US ends occupation of Haiti (been there since 1915)
1935-10-25 - Hurricane-produced floods kill 2,000 in Jeremie & Jacmel Haiti
1947-10-01 - US control of Haitian customs & governmental revenue ends
1954-09-25 - Francois "Doc" Duvalier wins Haitian presidential election
1955-10-12 - -13] Hurricane Hazel, kills 68 in Haiti
1963-10-03 - Hurricane hits Haiti; about 5,000 die & 100,000 injured
1963-10-04 - -8] Hurricane Flora, kills 6,000 in Cuba & Haiti
1963-10-07 - Hurricane Flora hits Haiti & Dominican Republic, kills 7,190
1963-10-09 - Hurricane Flora ravages Cuba & Haiti, kills 6,000
1968-05-24 - Haiti closes down shortwave station 4VEH for 40 days
1983-08-27 - Haiti adopts constitution
1986-02-07 - Haiti's President-for-Life Jean-Claude Duvalier flees to France Henri Namphy becomes leader of Haiti
1986-12-07 - Pres Jean-Claude Duvalier flees Haiti
1987-09-11 - Shoot out at Jean-Bertrand Aristides' church in Haiti, 12 die
1988-01-17 - Leslie Manigay elected president of Haiti
1988-06-19 - Coup in Haiti
1988-06-19 - Namphy takes control of Haitian government
1988-06-20 - Haiti's general assembly dissolves
1988-09-17 - Military coup in Haiti: Lt Gen Avril takes control, Henri Namphy flees
1988-09-18 - Coup in Haiti
1990-03-10 - Lt Gen Avril resigns as pres of Haiti
1990-12-16 - Jean-Bertrand Aristide elected pres of Haiti
1990-12-16 - Rev Jean Betrand Aristide elected president of Haiti
1991-02-07 - Jean-Bertrand Aristide sworn in as Haiti's 1st elected president
1991-09-30 - Rev Jean Betrand Aristide ousted as president of Haiti
1991-10-10 - US cuts all foreign aid to Haiti
1992-05-23 - Pres Bush orders Coast Guard to intercept boats with Haitian refugees
1993-02-17 - Haitian ferry boat capsize in storm, 800-2,000 die
1993-06-08 - Premier Marc Bazin of Haiti resigns
1993-06-23 - UN authorizes worldwide oil embargo against Haiti
1993-10-11 - US warship Harlan County anchors off Port-au-Prince Haiti
1993-10-19 - UN authorizes arms, milt & police supply embargo against Haiti
1993-12-15 - Haitian premier Robert Malval resigns
1994-02-15 - US asks Aristide to adopt a peace plan from Haiti
1994-04-23 - Army shoots to death 23-40 fishermen in Gonaives Haiti
1994-07-05 - US changes refugee policy, by sending Haitian boat people back
1994-07-05 - The United States announced it would refuse further unrestricted immigration from Haiti.
1994-07-31 - UN votes 12-0 (2 abstentions) to authorize use of force against Haiti
1994-09-19 - 3000 US militia lands on Haiti
1994-10-10 - Lt-general Raoul Cedras resigns as dictator of Haiti
1994-10-15 - Pres Jean-Baptiste Aristide returns to Haiti
1994-11-08 - Haitian government of Smarck Michel forms
1996-01-11 - Haiti becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.
2004-02-05 - Rebels from the Revolutionary Artibonite Resistance Front capture the city of Gonaïves, starting the 2004 Haiti rebellion.
2004-02-29 - Jean-Bertrand Aristide resigns as President of Haiti following popular rebel uprising.
2004-09-23 - At least 1,070 in Haiti reported killed by floods due to Hurricane Jeanne
2010-01-12 - Earthquake occurs in Haiti killing 230,000 and destroying the majority of the capital Port-au-Prince
2012-10-25 - Hurricane Sandy makes landfall in Cuba and Haiti killing 65 people and causing over $80 million in damage
Famous Birthdays
Birthdays 1 - 16 of 16
1767-10-06 - Henri Christophe, king of Haiti (d. 1820)
1785-04-26 - John James Audubon, Haiti, bird watcher/artist
1900-10-09 - Silvio Cator, Haiti, long jumper (Olympic-silver-1928)
1907-04-14 - Francois "Doc" Duvalier, dictator of Haiti
1907-06-04 - Jacques Roumain, Haitian writer (d. 1944)
1929-03-04 - Bernard Haitink, Amsterdam Neth, conductor (London Phil Orch 1969-78)
1932-11-02 - Henri Namphy, Cap Hatien Haiti, President of Haiti (1986-88)
1937-03-29 - Smarck Michel, Saint-Marc, Haiti, Haitian Prime Minister (1994-5), (d. 2012)
1943-01-17 - René Préval, President of Haiti
1951-07-03 - Jean-Claude Duvalier, [Papa Doc], deposed Haitian president-for-life
1953-07-15 - Jean-Bertrand Aristide, president of Haiti (1991, 1994- )
1960-12-22 - Jean-Michel Basquiat, Haiti/US graffiti artist/painter (Gray, SAMO)
1966-11-26 - Garcelle Beauvais, Haitian actress and model
1967-07-12 - Bruny Surin, Cap Haitien Haiti, Canadian 4X100m sprinter (Oly-gold-96)
1969-01-19 - Edwidge Danticat, Haitian-born American author
1972-10-17 - Wyclef Jean, Haitian-born singer
Famous Deaths
Deaths 1 - 13 of 13
1803-04-07 - [Francois D] Toussaint L'Ouverture/Haitian revolutionary, dies
1806-10-17 - Jean Jacques Dessalines, Emperor of Haiti, dies
1816-05-29 - Madame L'Ouverture, widow of Haiti's leader Toussaint L'O, dies
1915-07-28 - Vilbrun G Sam, rebellion leader/president of Haiti, lynched
1953-07-20 - Dumarsaid Estime, President of Haiti (b. 1900)
1971-04-21 - Francois "Doc" Duvalier, dictator of Haiti, dies at 64
1993-09-11 - Antoine Izmery, Haitian businessman/advisor to pres Aristide, murdered
1993-10-14 - Guy Malary, Haitian lawyer/minister of Justice, murdered at 50
1994-08-28 - Jean-Marie Vincent, Haitian pater, murdered
1994-08-29 - Jean-Marie Vincent, Haitian Catholic priest, shot dead
1995-10-24 - Emile Jonassaint, president of Haiti (1994), dies at 82
2010-06-16 - Marc Bazin, Haitian politician (b. 1932)
2012-09-01 - Smarck Michel, Haitian Prime Minister, dies from a brain tumour
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